Joshua 18:15:6Josh.18.15.W6TAB
יָ֔מָּה
yamah
“westward”
- Transliteration
- ya-MAH
- Extended
- yaa-MAH
- IPA
- /jaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- westward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-MAH
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL ya-MAH ve-ya-TSA el-ma-AY-yan mei-nef-TO-akh
- sentence
u-fe-AT-NEG-ba mik-TSEH kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL ya-MAH ve-ya-TSA el-ma-AY-yan mei-nef-TO-akh
Exegesis
Sequential movement is marked by the vav-consecutive imperfect veyatsa {וְיָצָ֤א | wə-yā-ṣā} 'and it went out', taking ha-gevul {הַגְּבוּל֙ | ha-gĕ-vul} 'the border' with the directional complement yamah {יָ֔מָּה | yā-māh} 'westward'.
In context — Joshua 18:15
And the southern boundary began at the edge of Kiriath Jearim and then ran westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 18:15, so the Hebrew word יָ֔מָּה (yamah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.18.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.15.W6.S1) and character.